Daily Archives: June 25, 2014

The Troubling Connection Between Pesticides and Autism – Pacific Standard: The Science of Society

Children with autism spectral disorders were found to have had a 60 percent greater chance of having had organophosphates sprayed near their mothers’ homes while they were still in the womb. Children with development disorders were nearly 150 percent more likely to have had carbamate pesticides applied near the home during their mothers’ pregnancy. Both of the associations grew… Read More »

Cocoa Extract May Help Treat Alzheimer’s

Here’s the science breakdown: In the brain of a person with Alzheimer’s, a protein called beta-amyloid accumulates in the gaps that exist between nerve cells, which disrupts the flow of signals between them and eventually leads to memory problems and worse. That’s the science breakdown?  WTF But relying upon mice genetically-engineered to mimic Alzheimer’s, researchers found that lavado… Read More »

The open source revolution is coming and it will conquer the 1% – ex CIA spy | Nafeez Ahmed | Environment | theguardian.com

Robert David Steele, former Marine, CIA case officer, and US co-founder of the US Marine Corps intelligence activity, is a man on a mission. But it’s a mission that frightens the US intelligence establishment to its core. With 18 years experience working across the US intelligence community, followed by 20 more years in commercial intelligence… Read More »